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[atr0cious]

More childish if anything, never noted a feminine lean to straws, outside of mixed drinks anyways.

 

[Psychoward]

There's no chance in hell I wouldn't use a straw at a restaurant. Oddly enough I'm fine eating with the utensils they offer though.

I never really thought about either being gross until now.

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

This bit is quite strange. Do you not use cutlery, or eat off plates when you go to a restaurant either? Do you only buy bottles at bars?!

I've worked food.. Most all places thoroughly wash their plates/ bowls in large dishwashers but often cups just get a quick rinse or wipe.

 

[way more]

I've worked food.. Most all places thoroughly wash their plates/ bowls in large dishwashers but often cups just get a quick rinse or wipe.

That was one, singular, bizarre place you worked. They make special automated-dishwasher racks that are only used for glassware.

 

[revolverjgw]

Suck that straw like a MAN, get every last drop. Don't be afraid to slobber all over it, and don't use your teeth. Then you're alright.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Yup..as long as I could remember, that's been the case. Grew up around older folks, btw..

 

[linsivvi]

People who get offended by being offered a straw are insecure at best.

 

[Dryk]

I've noticed when I'm out with my girlfriend that she often gets offered a straw and I don't. I just go get one anyway because I have sensitive teeth so I prefer them.

 

[jtb]

Probably, but I don't give a shit.

 

[Warm Machine]

A guy looks cooler and more masculine drinking from a glass. It also feels better holding the glass higher on the rim than lower.

 

[Ecto311]

Dont eat a banana, op.

Just eat it like a corn cob. That's how I do it.

 

[liliththepale]

Calling straws effeminate is kind of sexist. Just use the straw. You know what you like.

 

[Neverforget]

straws are cool OP, don't let anybody tell you otherwise.

 

[Zantetsuken]

I've been using straws my whole life and I never thought it to be a gender issue. It's a tool to retrieve liquid from a cup.

 

[Drifters]

So is effeminate trying to become fetch because I don't see it happening. To the OP; you were correct in asking for a straw by your standards however follow suit of your peers next time.

 

[Kangi]

Considering silverware was once considered effiminate...

 

[Escape Goat]

Just eat it like a corn cob. That's how I do it.

Seriously?

 

[PreFire]

Never heard of that.

But I can't drink a milk shake or a smoothie without a straw.

There was this one bar where the bartender used to serve my cognac (neat/no ice) and he used to put two tiny red straws in it. I always tossed them, but I can't imagine slurping Hennessy through two tiny straws.

 

[MC Safety]

The amount of cares I feel when I use a straw equals less than zero.

 

[SchrodingerC]

First coffee and now straws? The details that bother some peole...
Get yourself a crazy straw OP and enjoy that drink without the mess.

 

[Tubobutts]

Only if you have an extremely thin dick.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Straws are awesome. I can use one to drink your milkshake.

 

[Daingurse]

I don't give a shit whether it is or isn't. Won't stop me from using a straw when I feel like it.

 

[Despera]

I remember an acquaintance who wouldn't lick his ice cream like a normal person would, but would use his lips as a clamping mechanism and suck the ice cream into his mouth.

When I asked him why, he responded with "It's immature to extend and show your tongue in public". Apparently that's how ice cream licking is viewed in his community, so I'm not surprised that some people consider straws an effeminate tool.

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

So is effeminate trying to become fetch because I don't see it happening. To the OP; you were correct in asking for a straw by your standards however follow suit of your peers next time.

"Fetch?"

 

[Blargonaut]

Not if you use it for drinking

 

[Black_Stride]

WTF am i looking at?

 

[Tuck]

I don't think I've heard it described as effiminate, but definitely childish.

Personally I disagree. I like straws.

 

[Laughing Banana]

First time in my entire 31 years old life I've ever heard straws is effeminate. 0_o

Though I do prefer just drink from glass. It feels more fulfilling that way.

 

[>:)]

First I even heard of this. Hell I even use the ends as floss most of the time. But seriously, if there's no straw, then make your own and dare them to question your masculinity

 

[Immaculate]

how do you eat your ice cream op

 

[Zombine]

When you have veneers straws are basically mandatory.

 

[OricWindstar]

I've got a beard, so I'm all about that straw game. Suck that shit with pride.

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

how do you eat your ice cream op

With shame

 

[Richie]

Man sure loves using his freedom to limit himself.

 

[ThisGuy]

When I hit maybe... 10-12 I was encouraged not to use straws. It was seen as childish. Nothing about it being effeminate though.

Damn at that Gatorade. They just need a diesel style Gatorade now.

 

[liliththepale]

So is effeminate trying to become fetch because I don't see it happening. To the OP; you were correct in asking for a straw by your standards however follow suit of your peers next time.

 

[genjiZERO]

I've never once heard of this. It must be a cultural thing.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

The germphobia hang-up is weird, but I wouldn't say effeminate. I mean, you're eating out. All the utensils you have laid before you have also potentially been used by thousands of other people. That fork you just stabbed into the steak may have been in a guy's ass the day before for all you know, but that's fine as long as you don't touch the rim of a glass with your lips.

My wife is the same way, she even freaks out at me if I don't wash the tops of cans before opening them.

 

[jroc74]

Apparently

Don't have a problem with straws personally.

On of my fav movies of all time.

Dont eat a banana, op.

wtf...

I fill a swimming pool full of drank and dive in it.

Reminds me I have to get some new music.

I've never had a problem with using one. Hell for liquor and beer it seems to get me fucked up faster.

 

[Delicious Waffles]

When I'm in a restaurant, I always use a straw. If I don't get one, I ask for it. I don't care how clean they think their cups are, I won't drink without a straw.

However, I'll use forks no problem. Go figure.

 

[SenorArdilla]

I don't see how using a straw is effeminate.

 

[Currygan]

maybe in some cultures, dunno. notion makes me laugh though

 

[Deleted member 325805]

I use a straw at home, and I'm not gay, but my boyfriend is.

 

[The Spoony Hou]

I'm from Brazil, and I don't like using straws so I joke that it's effeminate with my friends, but I don't really think so, neither does anyone I know. Though it's true that most men don't use straws there, except in fast food places.

 

[Disgraced]

Who's going to take the lid and straw off to take a drink while driving? You're going to spill it all over your stupid ass.

 

[Smellycat]

I went out to lunch today with a girl, she didn't use a straw and the waiter didn't provide us with any so I didn't ask for one

 

[pixelation]

Are people somehow thinking of a straw as a phallic object and that's where the issue comes from?

But who has a dick that thin?...

And that is news to me, it think it's best to sip from a straw in cases like the one OP mentioned and when drinking from canned beverages (rat piss and shit).

 

[chalkitdown1]

In the main restaurant chains in Bogotá (Corral, Crepes, etc) it's standard to give you a straw with any non-alcoholic drink, you don't even have to ask for one, you get given one whether you like it or not.

This is the first I've heard of using straws being frowned upon here. Straws ftw, by the way.

 

[Papa_Squeeze]

With a topic like this it's only a matter of time before someone brings up butt-chugging.